Hosiery



April 7, 1925. 1,532,724

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DANIEL YOUNG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASS-EGNOB T0 YOUNG- INVENTIO'NS, INC., A GOBPOBATIQN OE NEW YORK.

HOSIERY.

Application filed August 19, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, DANIEL YO NG, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hosiery, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hose or stockings such as are worn by men, women and children and is especially adapted for that style known as the half hose or stocking.

The objects of this invention are to provide a hose or stocking of this character which will conveniently and easily adjust itself to the leg and which is comfortable to the wearer, and does not unnecessarily bind or pinch the leg; but has alight and clinging effect thereto, without the use of an additional support such as is in use at the resent time.

The further objects are to provide a stocking of this character which is so constructed that it will obviate the'necessity of rolling the tops of the stockings to hide the garters which are now used.

It will be seen I accomplish the foregoing by referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the upper part of my improved hose or stocking; Fig. 2 is an enlarged diagrammatic sectional view of a portion of the upper part or top of the hose or stocking, showing the top progressively thickened by the adding of extra threads; and is greatly exaggerated as regards the threads of which it is made; Fig. 3 is a similar View to Fig. 2, but showing a different form for progressively increasing the thickness of the top and obtaining the same result.

Referring to the drawings which show a general embodiment of this invention and it being understood are more or less diagrammatic of a knitted hose, it will be seen there can be many changes in the general form of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention, and it will be understood that the principal point of this invention is to provide a hose or stocking having a top so formed that it will cling to any part of the leg Whether it 1s located above or below the knee, and does not depend on any subsidiary member to Serial No. 582,924.

retain it in the position in which it is placed, and the top being so retained that it will securely support the rest of the stocking, and cause it to snugly fit the leg of the wearer.

Referring to the drawings it will be seen that I provide a hose or stocking 2 having the regular leg or body portion 3 of the usual construction, which is made by the threaos interlocking with each other to make the smooth or body portion of the hose or stocking which terminates as indicated by the dotted line at 4:, where the top portion 5 of the hose or stocking begins, and the construction may be changed to prewnt a different finish to the top for the sake of an artistic look to thehose or stocking and the construction is similar to the construction now used in the tops of hose or stock ings, and it will be understood that this top portion is made up of the same two threads or continuation of them until a predetermined portion of the top is formed as at 6, when another thread isinterposed by the fraying of its end, and twisting the frayed portion or end around one of the original threads, so as to cause it to be carried along in the constructing process, and thus cause a thicker and'stronger material to be made of a tighter construction. in this portion 7 without changing the inside diameter of the top at this point owing to the fact that the thread construction becomes closer and tighter on account of the interposing of the extra thread and thus making the material thicker and stronger at this point and less elastic than the other part of the top or stocking, or in other Words it does not give or stretch as readily as the other parts.

It has been found that the interposing of this extra thread gives an exceedingly good result, especially in woolen stockings; but I prefer to interpose a second extra thread in the same manner to the other extra thread, as at 8 see Fig. 2, after a few rounds of the top have been made or formed with the interposing of the first extra thread, as is shown in Fig. 2, and thus further thickening the portion 7, and where silk or lisle are used in making the hose or stocking, I will multiply the number of these interposed threads to any desired number, and it will be understood that the finer the threads of which. the stockingis made, the greater number of interposed threads will be required to get the proper thickness as shown'in Fig. 2.

It will-be still further noted that I can obtain the foregoing results in the following manner, as shown in Fig. 3, and it will be seen in this case that I interpose threads 10 of a different material and texture from the threads 11 which are used to form the main or body portion oi the stocking, and for illustration I will state it the stoc ing is formed of silk or lisle, the interposed threads may he made from wool or cotton, or a mixture thereof, and in the machine the needles are made to operate so as to cause the woolen thread (it wool is used) to he so positioned as to cause it to form a lining 12 on the inside of the stocking, and not to show on the outside of the stocking, and it will be noted that the silk threads will be so drawn, in order to hold the woolen threads in position as to cause a tighter and stronger construction of this part.

The operation or action of this hose or stocking is very simple, and it will be noted that when the stocking is drawn on the leg, that the upper and stronger portion will necessarily resist being stretched more than the other part thereof will, and being thicker it will be less elastic, and will cling tighter to the leg, and hold the stocking securely in position, and the movement of the leg will cause the thinner part or" the stocking to move or slip, as the thinner part will give more readil to the move ment of the muscles of the leg than the thicker part, and thus the thicker portion will cause the thinner portion to return to its stretched or normal position,

and the stocking will always stay in a smooth and snug position.

l i hat I desire to claim is:

1. An article of manufacture, a hose having a body portion and an upper cull portion, said cull portion from the body portion upward being oi greater progressive thickness than said body portion, thereby offering increased resistance to expansion of the cuii" portion. r

2. An article of manufacture, a hose having a body portion and an upper cult portion, said cull portion from the body portion upward being or greater progressive thickness than said body portion thereby offering increased resistance to expansion of the cull? portion with the inside diameter of the cuff portion and adjacent part of said body portion being the same.

3. An article of manufacture, a hose having abody portion and an upper cuff portion, said cutl' portion having a progressive increasing number of threads providing a cult portion of greater thickness and strength than said body portion thereby oii'ering increased resistance to expansion of the cult portion.

The method 07: forming a hose having a body portion and cuii portion, which consists in constructing the body and culi' portion each or" a plurality of threads and introducing into the cuff portion a plurality of progressively increasing number of threads thereby offering increased resistance to expansion of the cuff portion Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 1st day of August A. D. 1922.

DANIEL YOUNG. 

